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Anna Palmer

General Partner at Flybridge | Co-Founder XFactor Ventures l Co-Owner National Women’s Soccer League Boston

Greater Boston

Skills

Venture Capital
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Digital Marketing
Fundraising
Online Marketing
Corporate Development
Strategic Partnerships
Public Speaking
Marketing Strategy
Marketing
E-commerce
Management
Leadership

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2020

    Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on supporting ambitious founders leveraging the power of community. With over $700M under management across five funds and five pre-seed funds, portfolio companies include BetterCloud, BitSight, Bowery, Chief, Codecademy, Firebase (acq: Google), MadeiraMadeira, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), NS1, Plastiq, and Splice.

  • Co-Founder/Managing Partner

    2022

    The National Women’s Soccer League takes the pitch in Boston in 2026. Sign up at www.nwslboston.com to learn more.

  • Co-founder & General Partner

    2017

    XFactor Ventures is looking for tenacious female founders and mixed-gender teams attacking billion dollar market opportunities. We invest $100k into pre-seed or seed stage rounds and provide advice, mentorship, and connections to help our companies succeed. The XFactor investing partners are current successful operators, collectively raising over $150M in capital, hiring thousands of employees, but who are still in the trenches every day. If you're a female founder working on a big idea, let's connect!

  • Board of Trustees

    2019

2018 - 2023

  • Executive Chairman

    2020 - 2023

  • CEO & Co-founder

    2018 - 2020

    Dough is the premier e-commerce marketplace to shop thousands of products made by women. With new items added daily, block party live shopping events with celebrity experts, & stories of the women behind the products, there is always something new to discover.

Union & Fifth

2016 - 2017

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2017 - 2017

    Ecommerce marketplace Union and Fifth raises money for non-profit organizations by selling donated designer handbags, shoes, and accessories. As COO of Union & Fifth, Anna managed the financials, strategy and marketing, along with overseeing the integration of Fashion Project with U5 and shift to brick and mortar retail.

  • SVP Marketing

    2016 - 2017

Fashion Project (acq. 2016)

2012 - 2016

  • Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

    2012 - 2016

    As CEO of Fashion Project, the destination for designer clothing donation, Anna led the double bottom line company to process over 350,000 items, raise $13M in capital, grow to 60+ employees, and power national giving programs for Simon Properties, Zappos, Neiman Marcus and more. Fashion Project distributed funds to over 2000 organizations in 36 countries prior to the Fashion Project Community's acquisition by Union & Fifth in 2016.

2008 - 2011

  • Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

    2008 - 2011

2010 - 2010

  • Summer Associate- Corporate Law

    2010 - 2010

2009 - 2009

  • Summer Associate- Securities Regulation

    2009 - 2009